[Leica] Sailing

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

That freakishly smooth water is just wonderful. And such cooperative  
clouds made the reflection seascapes just fabulous!

Nice work.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies


On Oct 4, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote:


> As promised, I offer you some sailing shots from our trip last  
> weekend.
>
> It was our last trip with this boat. The owner doesn't find time  
> anymore to
> set sail more than 2 times per year, so each trip is a bit too  
> expensive.
> It really is a pity, because we had a yearly tradition to do a tour  
> on the
> Grevelingen with these 4 guys. I guess next year we'll rent a boat...
>
> Prior to selling, the owner brought his ship to the wharf to have some
> repairs done. One of the repairs was getting the deck back in tip  
> top shape:
> http://tinyurl.com/9vke4
>
> A bit later we left the harbor. An important issue on the water is
> dehydratation. So it's very important to keep your body fluids on  
> level:
> http://tinyurl.com/cnqe3
>
> Sometimes we use the autopilot and just enjoy being on the water:
> http://tinyurl.com/9q4ta
>
> But ofcourse, most of the time somebody is at the wheel:
> http://tinyurl.com/axek2
>
> To get maximum speed, the trim of the sails has to be regulary  
> checked:
> http://tinyurl.com/bm5x8
>
> Damn, where's the pilot again?:
> http://tinyurl.com/cdpee
>
> That's better:
> http://tinyurl.com/77bh4
>
> We sailed into very shallow water, and since we some bad weather was
> arriving, we decided to do this on motor and not under sail:
> http://tinyurl.com/by5uv
>
> In such circumstances, it is important to keep track of the buoys  
> marking
> the waterway:
> http://tinyurl.com/boe7m
>
> And look up the particularities of the lake in the almanac:
> http://tinyurl.com/8hlq6
>
> But finally we arrived safe and sound at "Dwars in den Weg", a tiny  
> island
> just before Brouwershaven. We had the pontoon all for ourselves:
> http://tinyurl.com/ampqr
>
> Except for the true inhabitants of the island:
> http://tinyurl.com/cme9l
>
> This was our compensation for having sweated in those damn waters:
> http://tinyurl.com/8jfw4
>
> Time for dinner. One of us tried to catch some fish. Despite his
> concentration without much result:
> http://tinyurl.com/aejx3
>
> Luckily I cooked a meal that everybody seemed to like:
> http://tinyurl.com/c39d9
>
> The day after, we had a technical problem with the foresail. The  
> lightest
> one had to get up to repair it:
> http://tinyurl.com/bykwe
>
> It was rather high:
> http://tinyurl.com/d8j6x
>
> You really need some steel nerves to do repairs up there:
> http://tinyurl.com/a5koj
>
> But finally things got done properly, and we sailed off again. The  
> skipper
> asked me to take some beauty shots of his ship to help the sale:
> http://tinyurl.com/cg7ay
> http://tinyurl.com/9rmlv
> http://tinyurl.com/brb4p
> http://tinyurl.com/agzr7
>
> And meanwhile I took 2 beauty shots of our surroundings, too:
> http://tinyurl.com/93wao
> http://tinyurl.com/8mct7
>
> Everything with the Leica Digilux 2. Basic PS work in the tradition of
> Nathan :-)
>
> Comments appreciated.
> Thanks for looking,
> Philippe
>
>
>
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